Baby-jumper.



PATBNTED AUG. 4, 1903.

' A. HEITMANN.

BABY JUMPER.'

APPLIOATION FILED 001230, 1899.

No MODEL.

Maine Egli?? Patented August 4, 1903.

`PATENT OFFICE.

ANNA HEITMANN, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESTA.

BABY-Ju M PER.

SPECIFICATION `forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,668, dated August 4, 1903.

Application filed October 30, 1899. Serial No. 735,158. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA HEITMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baby-Jumpers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the appliances known as baby-jumpers, and it consists in the features of construction and combination hereinafter specifically described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a View of my improved babyj umper, showing the jacket or seat, which holds the child, closed; and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing said jacket opened.

In the drawings, A represents the seat or jacket for the child, consistingr of aportion 2, which passes around the body of the child and is closed in the front by buttons and buttonopenings 3 and 4. Extending downwardly from the rear of said portion 2 is a iiap 5, adapted to pass between the legs of the child and be secured'to the front of the part 2 by means of the buttons and button-openings 6 and 7. In order to provide for the enlargement of the jacket to accommodate larger children, I secure to the buttonhole side of the portion 2 loops S, adapted to be buttoned over the buttons 3, and I also secure similar loops 9 to the end of the flap 5, which are adapted to be buttoned over the buttons 6. As the enlarging of the garment in the manner just described separates the buttons 6, I bifurcate the end of the flap 5 to provide for such separation. It will be evident that when the jacket is placed upon the child and buttonedpthe portion 2, passing around the body of the child, will serve as a support and the portion 5 will serve as a seat. The jacket with the contained child is elastically and adj ustably hung from an overhead support, such as the ceiling, by a framework B, consisting of ya wire ring 10, to the offsets 1l of which are medially secured a series of straps 12, the lower ends of which straps are provided with buttonholes 13 to receive the buttons 15 upon the upper portion of the jacket and the upper ends of which straps are joined together and connected to a spring-clasp 16. Connected with the overhead support is a strap 17, preferably adjustable, carrying at its lower end a coil-spring 18, to the opposite end of which coil-spring the spring-clasp 16 is adaptedeto be detachably connected, as shown in the drawings. Y

In use the jacket is placed upon the child and is then secured to the lower end of the straps 12. The child may then be taken down at any time by simply unbuttoning the straps from the jacket, leaving the jacket on the child. The detachable connection between the framework B and the coil-spring 18 allows said framework to be taken down and folded up without necessitating the removal of the strap and spring from the ceiling.

I claim- In an apparatus of the class described, a jacket consisting of abody portion open at the front, detachable connection between the free edges of the front of said body portion, loops carried by one of saidedges to constitute an additional means for connection, a flap projecting downwardly from the rear of the body portion having its free end bifurcated, the ends of said bifurcations being provided with means for detachable and adjustable connection with the front of the body portion..

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANNA IAIEITMANN.

Vitnesses: A

ELGIE H. EvANs, H. S. JOHNSON. 

